I used to be quite repulsed by this person called “Sun Grifter.” So when I saw his “little essay” this time, I also started out with a mindset of watching a show.

But after reading it, I actually stood by Sun Yuchen.

Not because he’s rich, and not because he’s a man.

Rather, because if we follow the version he has publicly described so far, in this relationship, what he put in isn’t just money—there’s also time, effort, emotions, and expectations for marriage.

A man with enormous choices—who is willing to invest all these things in a woman over the long term—I don’t want to simply understand it as “a rich man spending money on a pretty woman.”

What truly makes me uncomfortable is when some people in the comments say:

“Sun Yuchen is so rich—why wouldn’t he be willing to give $50 million?”

In my view, that line is utterly absurd.

How much money he has and how much he should give to whom are two different things.

If $50 million is a clearly agreed obligation that both parties are legally required to fulfill, then it has to be paid—down to the last cent, no delays and no excuses.

But if it’s only because “you have money,” “you love me,” and “you should pay for me,” then I can’t accept that.

I suddenly remembered a line from a Stephen Chow movie:

“I thought, with our two-person rapport, we could talk about feelings—yet I didn’t expect it to end up as a business deal.”

What I find most unbearable is probably this.

I thought what we had between us was about feelings, but in the end I found that even feelings can be recalculated with a calculator and settled on the spot.

Of course, the case has not yet reached a final judgment, and both sides’ accounts are completely different. I won’t jump to any legal conclusions in advance for either side.

But at least in terms of values—

If one person once treated money as an expression of love, while the other ultimately converts this relationship again into a price list.

Then I’d think the real harm might not be just about money.

It’s instead that line:

“I thought between us, we could talk about feelings.”